Macthomas Posted 2 July , 2005 Share Posted 2 July , 2005 Is it just me or does this soldier have a very strange name. Makes you wonder if someone at the NA is having a laugh, what do you think? No offence ment if this is a real name. Macthomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 2 July , 2005 Share Posted 2 July , 2005 It's a genuine name of Norman (nobility?) origin. Quite often it's spelled with a lower case "D" (eg. "de Ath" - "of" Ath). Once knew a doctor of that name "Dr.de Ath" - great name for a doctor isn't it? Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macthomas Posted 2 July , 2005 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2005 Once knew a doctor of that name "Dr.de Ath" - great name for a doctor isn't it? Dave. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wonder if he had many patients? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 2 July , 2005 Share Posted 2 July , 2005 I went to school with someone called "D'eath" and many years later picked up some medals to a lad in the Essex Regiment with the same name. I have always wondered about its origins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riflegreen Posted 2 July , 2005 Share Posted 2 July , 2005 Quite a common name in Essex , thirty de'ath soldiers on the on line MIC . Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 2 July , 2005 Share Posted 2 July , 2005 And the middle name of the (fictional) Lord Peter Wimsey - Peter Death Bredon. Often pronounced dee-ath, Wimsey pronounced it as it was spelt. Also, the Head Boy at my old school was called Death, although he pronounced it Deeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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